The Dickinson press., 1887-05-07
The New England Colony.

three miles. to their place of location
i'll uettim%cr county, where they will
at once establish !, town to he called
New England City. ON the line of the
proposed railroad from Dickinson to
the Black Hills. At present III
ground. % to lie followed hv other
large delegations to settle around them
on the broad. Smonthe. fertile acres of
Hettingcr county. where they will
find an abundance of coal. good water.
stone %quarricS. brick clay. lime stone
and fine building sand. and quite Il
S%prinkliny of timber along the rivers.
Ucttimyrr county is universally nc-
knowlclg"u to lie one of the finest
counties i'll Dakuul west of the Mis-
souri,. and when filled up With a thrift
ty class of New England people, like
those who have already arrived, it
will rank us one of the leading coun-
ties of Dakota.
Uettinger county WAS selected as
the hest place to locate the colony af-
ter Il long and careful examination of
all Northern and Central Dakota. and
the settlement of this large colony
there will undoubtedly !give an impe-
tus to immigration to- the fine lands
of the West Missouri country. and
We may nuw look to see it soon filled
up with IL good class of people. who
will soon le followed hy railroads.
manufactures. and general prospect.
ty. Their proximity to the great
cattle and mining country will insure
u better than Chicago market ncar ut
hand for their products. We under
stand that all the free lands of Dakota
We're examined and the selection made
before any railroad knew that the
colony was contemplated. and it is
not as many .culonics are, Il railroad
scheme. but WAS selected sas the best
place for IL colony to prosper without
} regard to railroads.
) The main difficulties the colony
managers have had to contend
= with. arc LIST. The drought of last
r summer and the unusually severe win
ter Just ended. ID. The Interstate:
commerce. law. which prevents the
low rate of passage that WAS expected
!, and 3rd. The great amount of none,
: expended and the large number of lie!
told by the Manitoba road in article
: hired published in II large number o
New England newspapers. for the pnl
S pose of making ~colomists believe tina
the only good land in Dakota was OF
their line. that Central Dakota had II
good free lands whatever, and tina
, the whole thing was Il scheme of MI
Billings, that the good people OF New
> England should keep clear of. Al
this combined caused many who hae
made up their minds to join the colo
ny hesitate for IL time. although TN
more intelligent portions of the colo
ny were not frightened by an cXcel
%tionallv hard winter OF dry summer
4 the Interstate commerce law. or tn
lies of II railroae corporation. and w
understand that the truth is now ~.
coming known to these people All
that five hundred or more familie
have expressed ~ wish to join an
large delegations will be coming o
y frequently all through the year.
II In regard to the bad year just paSsc
u for Dakota. we can assure our NeN
u England friends that it was an eXrcl
IL ton to- the fine crops and fine Gle;
IL winters for which our territory is n
lie ted and while it may be a bugbcar
i, the ignorant, it should not he to tt
y average intelligent New Englande
:, When they get here and dig their p
= tatocs - to the husllrl, or gather the
cabbage heads weighing thirty poun'
y to the head. such as have been raise
here ut DickinSon.and see the wonde
full growth their cattle make on u
ic rich prairie grass, they will laugh
i. think how they licsitated to leave u
ii. worn out. rough, rockcy soil of Ne
TX England for the rich easy workc
,e prairics of Dakota and thank the
stars that they had intelligence enoug
n. to come here.
We are also assured that the wor
ings of the Interstate commerce la
IL will allow a lower rate for passAt
III and freight than WAS thought poss
p bic Oh its passage and rates are gettil
Il. marked down to the satisfaction
~ the colonists.
In regard to the lies of the Manit
IN ba, we can assure our friends that
III they could see the laborers on the
way back from the Manitoba 10;
), where they We're induced to go by Il
:, advertisements scattered tllroughol
&c. the country offering steady cmplo
f, mrnt and free passage to fifty tho
Nj sand men to work on their new limo
II. they would not believe the publish
~. stories. Many of these men are /
he turning. some without money OF wit
out food. reporting that no work c;
be had by many who go there, III
'h. that the prices for labor to those wi
w get it arc ut the lowest figures. TIL
nd also report that there is but little
'se sirablc land on their whole line OPP
ch for settlement. and that they la
is been deceived ami lied to. Ii t
ad New England people who read t
,er libelous articles hired published
81 the New England newspapers by t
cir Manitoba could lie one hour ano
al these returning la!'orers they woi'
III ut once be convinced that that corr
Nj ration. for living. stands at the he